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title: "Planning, Land Charges, and Building Control Database Software"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-061082"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "LIVERPOOL CITY COUNCIL"
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# Planning, Land Charges, and Building Control Database Software

Buyer: LIVERPOOL CITY COUNCIL  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-061082

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## Summary

Liverpool City Council has engaged in a procurement process to award a contract for the provision of a back-office database solution to support the Council's Planning, Building Control, and Land Charges functions. The title of the contract is "Planning, Land Charges, and Building Control Database Software". This procurement falls within the services category and is classified under fiscal services, with a focus on a specific geographical region, UKD72, in Liverpool. The procurement method used was a limited award procedure without prior publication, due to technical reasons and the lack of viable competitive alternatives. The award stage of this procurement was completed, and the contract was signed on 28th January 2026, with Idox Software Ltd as the supplier. The contract value is £248,492.71.

This contract represents an opportunity for businesses, particularly those specialising in providing software solutions for fiscal and treasury services, to demonstrate their capabilities in delivering essential database solutions that fulfil statutory duties. Although the tender has been awarded to a large, established supplier, such opportunities can encourage other businesses in the software and IT services sectors to consider aligning their offerings with public sector needs. Companies that can offer competitive solutions with robust project execution capabilities might explore similar future tenders where innovative database solutions are required to manage governmental functions.

## Notice

Procurement of a back-office database solution to support the Council's Planning, Building Control, and Land Charges functions.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

A back-office database solution to support the Council's Planning, Building Control, and Land Charges functions. The system is required for the Council to discharge its statutory duties, including processing planning applications, managing building regulations, and conducting local land charge searches

Options: 12 month extension period available

### Procurement Information

Supply market engagement confirmed that whilst alternative solutions exist, the cost of change remains the decisive factor. It highlighted that moving away from the incumbent would necessitate a full-scale migration and implementational project with substantial costs and associated risks, which could not be justified against the benefits offered by competitor systems, which offer broadly similar core functionality.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/007438-2026 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Limited |
| Procurement method details | Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 28 Jan 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 28 Jan 2026 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £248,492 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | LIVERPOOL CITY COUNCIL |
| Locality | LIVERPOOL |
| Post town | Liverpool |
| Postcode | L3 1DS |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLD North West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLD7 Merseyside |
| ITL 3 | TLD72 Liverpool |
| Local authority | Liverpool |
| Electoral ward | Waterfront South |
| Westminster constituency | Liverpool Riverside |
| Delivery location | TLD72 Liverpool |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | IDOX SOFTWARE |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 66 - Financial and insurance services
- 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

### Codes

- 66600000 - Treasury services
- 79220000 - Fiscal services

## Release History

- 28 Jan 2026 at 10:14 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/007438-2026

## Notice URLs

- https://liverpool.gov.uk/

## Provenance

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